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Abstract — These instructions give you basic guidelines for
preparing camera-ready papers for the Conference Record of the
IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting. You may use
desktop publishing software with several type sizes. Do not cite
references in the abstract. 10
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B. References III. UNITS
Number citations consecutively in square brackets [1]. The The International System of Units (SI units) is advocated for use in
sentence punctuation follows the bracket [2]. Refer simply to the IEEE publications. An exception would be the use of English units as
reference number, as in [3]. Do not use “Ref. [3]” or “reference [3]” identifiers in trade, such as “3.5-inch disk drive” or “1-inch conduit.”
except at the beginning of a sentence: “Reference [3] was the first...” If other quantities must be expressed in English units, the SI equivalent
Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place the actual must also be given in parentheses: “... a distance of 4.7 in (12 cm).”
footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was cited. Use letters IV. SOME COMMON MISTAKES
for table footnotes (see Table I). IEEE Transactions no longer use a
journal prefix before the volume number. For example, use “IEEE The word “data” is plural, not singular. The subscript for the
Trans. Magn., vol. 25,” not “vol. MAG-25.” permeability of vacuum 0 is zero, not a lower case letter “o.” In
American English, periods and commas are within quotation marks,
Give all authors’ names; do not use “et al.” unless there are six or like “this period.” A parenthetical statement at the end of a sentence
more authors. Papers that have not been published, even if they have is punctuated outside the closing parenthesis (like this). (A
been submitted for publication, should be cited as “unpublished” [4]. parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the parentheses.) A graph
Papers that have been accepted for publication should be cited as “in within a graph is an “inset,” not an “insert.” The word “alternatively”
press” [5]. Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for is preferred to the word “alternately” (unless you really mean
proper nouns and element symbols. something that alternates). Do not use the word “essentially” to mean
For papers published in translation journals, please give the English “approximately” or “effectively.” Be aware of the different meanings
citation first, followed by the original foreign-language citation [6]. of the homophones “affect” and “effect,” “complement” and
“compliment,” “discreet” and “discrete,” “principal” and “principle.”
C. Abbreviations and Acronyms Do not confuse “imply” and “infer.” The prefix “non” is not a word;
Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in it should be joined to the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen.
the text, even after they have been defined in the abstract. There is no period after the “et” in the Latin abbreviation “et al.” The
Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI, MKS, CGS, ac, dc, and rms do not abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is” and the abbreviation “e.g.” means
have to be defined. Do not use abbreviations in the title unless they are “for example.” An excellent style manual and source of information
unavoidable (for example, the title of this article). for science writers is [7].
D. Equations ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Number equations consecutively with equation numbers in The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in America
parentheses flush with the right margin, as in (1). To make your is without an “e” after the “g.” Try to avoid the stilted expression ,
equations more compact, you may use the solidus(/), the exp function, “One of us (R. B. G.) thanks ...” Instead, try “R. B. G. thanks...” Put
or appropriate exponents. Italicize roman symbols for quantities and sponsor acknowledgments in an unnumbered footnote on the first page.
variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long dash rather than a
hyphen for a minus sign. Punctuate equations with commas or periods REFERENCES
when they are part of a sentence, as in [1] G. Eason, B. Noble, and I.N. Sneddon, “On certain integrals of
a+b=c. (1) Lipschitz-Hankel type involving products of Bessel functions,”
Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. A247, pp. 529-551, April
Be sure that the symbols in your equations have been defined before 1955.
the equation appears or immediately following. Use “(1),” not “Eq. [2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd
(1)” or “equation (1),” except at the beginning of a sentence: “Equation ed., vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp. 68-73.
(1) is...” [3] I.S. Jacobs and C.P. Bean, “Fine particles, thin films and
E. Other Recommendations exchange anisotropy,” in Magnetism, vol. III, G.T. Rado and H.
Suhl, Eds. New York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271-350.
The Roman numerals used to number the section headings are [4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
optional. If you do use them, number INTRODUCTION, but not [5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,” J.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT or REFERENCES, and begin Subheadings with Name Stan. Abbrev., in press.
letters. Use two spaces after periods (full stops). Hyphenate complex [6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron
modifiers: “zero-field-cooled magnetization.” Avoid dangling spectroscopy studies on magneto-optical media and plastic
participles, such as, “Using (1), the potential was calculated.” Write substrate interface,” IEEE Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp.
instead, “The potential was calculated using (1),” or “Using (1), we 740-741, August 1987 [Digests 9th Annual Conf. Magnetics
calculated the potential.” Japan, p. 301, 1982].
Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25,” not “.25.” Use “cm3,” not [7] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook. Mill Valley, CA:
“cc.” Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of units: University Science, 1989.
“Wb/m2" or “webers per square meter,” not “webers/m2.” Spell units
when they appear in text: “...a few henrys,” not “...a few H.” (Note
that the correct plural of the unit “henry” is “henrys,” not “henries.”)
If your native language is not English, try to get a native English
speaking colleague to proofread your paper. Number each page at the
top, right corner: “1 of 5,” “2 of 5," etc.
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